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HQR. CORKHILL, Jr.

CIGARETTE BOX;

' Patented Apr. 27, 1,897.

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HENRY R. CORKHILL, JR, OF ROCHESTER, NE\V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE STECHERLITIIOGRAPHIO COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGARETTE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 581,339, dated April27, 1897.

Application filed December 1, 1896.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY R. CoRKHILL, Jr.,of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette- Boxes; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and to thereference-numerals marked thereon:

My present invention relates to paper boxes, particularly slide-boxesadapted for holding cigarettes, and has for its objects to improve theirconstruction, whereby the cig arettes may be held in position for readyremoval and are not liable to become displaced even when the box ispartly empty; and to this end it consists generally in certainimprovements hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed outparticularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank for a slide for asliding box constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2,alongitudinal sectional view of a slidebox with the cigarettes or otherarticles therein; Fig. 3, a cross-sectional view of the same; Fig. 4, aperspective View of the complete slide-box; Fig. 5, a view similar toFig. 2 of a modification; Fig. 6, a View of another modification.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts.

It is desirable that the slide-boxes such as are now generally used forholding cigarettes be as thin as possible, so that the package willoccupy comparatively little room in the users pocket, and in order thatthe requisite quantity may be contained in a single package the latterhave been made of a width ap proximately equal to the length of acigarette, but the objection to this form of package is that when thereare only a few cigarettes contained therein they are liable to fall downto the bottom of the slide or receptacle in such manner that it isnecessary to remove the slide entirely from the shell in order to catchhold of a cigarette instead of merely projecting the end from the shell,as originally contemplated. In my improved form Serial No. 614,124. (Nomodel.)

of box I overcome this objection and preserve the flat form of thepackage by providing the slide or receptacle with an integral tongue orflap adapted to project between the cigarettes, 5 5 or some of them, andthereby hold them in such position that their ends are accessiblewithout entirely removing the slide from the, shell. i

In the drawings I have shown one embodi- 6o ment of my invention appliedto a common form of slide made from the blank in Fig. 1, which iscreased, as indicated by the dotted lines, to fold up and form the mainbody or central panel 1,the lower end panel 2 and flap 3, the sides 4,and the upper end panel 5 and tucking-flap 6. The width of this slide ispreferably sufficient to contain ten ciga: rettes, and I thereforeprovide the blank with a partition 7 approximately midway of its width,formed by cutting the blank at 8 and 9 and creasing it at 10 at the timethe blank is formed. When the slide is folded up, filled withcigarettes, and inserted in the shell 11, the partition-flap projectsbetween the cigarettes, forming in effect two narrow receptacles, and itwill be seen that notwithstanding there may be but one or two cigarettesremaining in the package their ends are readily accessible when the openend of the slide is pushed out of the shell 11, as in Fig. 4. Theparticular form of the partitionfiap is immaterial, it only beingnecessary that it be suflicient to prevent the cigarettes from fallingdown, though I prefer that it extend nearly the whole length of theslide, as shown, but two separate tongues 12 and 13, as shown in Fig. 5,could be employed, if desired. I Y

The boxes provided with my improvement are admirably adapted to thepurpose intended, and it will be understood that other forms of box thanthe one shown and boxes used for other articles than cigarettes could beprovided with the integral partition with- 5 out departing from myinvention.

While I prefer to form the partition or dividing flap in the bottom ofthe slide or container, it will be understood that it could be formed inthe lower flap 3, as shown in Fig. TOO 6, which is a perspective view ofthe slide removed from the shell, and this is practically the same asmaking it in the top of the container if a diiiferent form from thatshown is used.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a slide-box, the combination with theshell, of the slide operating therein formed of a single piece of sheetmaterial and embodying the integral body, end panels, end flaps, and thelongitudinal partition in in ed at right angles to the body and to theends of the slide, substantially as described.

2. In a slide-box, the combination with the shell, of the slideoperating therein formed of a single piece of sheet material andembodying the body, end panels, end flaps, the sides, and thelongitudinal dividing-partition cut from the slide and extending atright angles to the body, substantially as described.

The herein-described blank for the slides of sliding boxes composed ofthe body 1, the end panels 2 and 5, the flaps 3 and G, the sides 4:, andthe partition 7 out from the body and creased at 1.0 to foldsubstantially parallel with the sides 4, as set forth.

HENRY R. CORKIYIILL, JR.

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F. F. CHURCH, G. W. RICH.

